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PROVISIONS; 
Stourport, November 4 137 pockets of hops, $1. 5s. 
to 61. 6s. per cvvt. 
Evesham market, Monday, August 3, 1807:—Wheat, 
per bushel of nine gallons, 10s. 6d. to 10s. yd.; beans, 
ditto, 6s. 8d. 
Evesham, December 14, 1807 Wheat, 8s. 6d. to 
Ss. 8d.; barley, 5s. 3d. to 5s. 6d.; oats, 5s. to 5s. 4d.; 
beans, 7s. 6d. to 8s.; malt, 10s. to 10s. 6d. 
SECT. III.—FUEL. 
Wood —Is produced plentifully in this county; great 
quantities of offal wood, or cordwood, are burnt into 
charcoal for the use of the iron works upon the Stour, and 
in Staffordshire; but some is occasionally used for fuel. 
Coal .—The coal mines of the county are inconsider¬ 
able ; a thill stratum is worked at Pensax, about twenty 
yards from the surface, and being from twenty-four to 
thirty inches in thickness ; the refuse or slack (i. e, 
small coal) of which is used, in part, in burning the 
Whitley lime; and, in part, converted into cokes, 
which are preferred to all others for drying the hops 
produced in the western part of the county; the best 
being reserved for domestic use. At Mamble, in the 
west of the county, are also some thin seams of coal, 
which are raised for sale, with a cast iron rail.way to 
the Leominster canal. But there are very rich and 
extensive coal mines in Staffordshire, close adjoining 
to this county, upon the estates of Lord Dudley and 
others; with the convenience of water carriage to con¬ 
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